Pocket autographic register



Nov. 11, 1952 J, UUNE 2,617,666 POCKET AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Dec. 14, 1949 Jti gbeLJ lllilw.

paper used in the Patented Nov. 11, 1952 ATENT 6mm;

I POCKET AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Migiel John Uline, Washington, D. 0. Application December 14, 1949, Serial No. 132,819

8 Claims.

This invention relates to a pocket register which is adapted for carrying in the pocket of a delivery man, a waiter on a Pullman train or in a restaurant or by anyothers, whereby a record is kept within the register of the original ticket or bill signed by the customer.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a register of the autographic type which maybe kept in the pocket or pocketbook of the user, and by which a permanent, record is kept of a series of sales. I

An additional object of the invention is to provide an autographic register of the type heretofore described having mechanism for feeding a plurality of sheets of paper, past a viewing window which surrounds a table with means for feeding the paper so that one of the strips, preferably the original one, will be kept within the machine and one or more of the strips will be fed outwardly through a slot or other opening in the register.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pocket autographic register having a plurality of compartments and a writing table with means located below and preferably fastened to the writing table for locking the register and thereby preventing access thereto.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide apocket autographic register having a removable top with a window in the top and a table located below the top and means forming part of a lock permanently fastened to the under side of the table whereby the top may be locked to the bodyof the register and unauthorized access to the register may be prevented.

, Other objects will appear hereinafter throughout the specification.

In the drawings:

6 Figure 1 is a top plan view of the pocket register.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the register shown in Figure 1 taken on the line 2-2 thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the register shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the register taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 and Figure 5 is a perspective view of a sheet of the autographic register of this invention;

Heretofore it has been possible for delivery'men whodeliver ice and other commodities to falsify their records so that they may steal a large portion of the proceeds for the, article delivered. Such. delivery men are usually provided with a book containing an original and one or more copy 2 .5 sheets between which are interleaved carbon sheets. Sometimes the under surface of the original is carbonized so that a separate carbon sheet is unnecessary. When such books are used the customer usually signs and pays for thecommodity delivered, and a large number of deliveries are made by the same individual in one day. Under these circumstances, the customer usually files away the receipt and forgets about it unless he is called upon to pay for the goods by the seller, whereupon he produces the receipt to show that he has already paid. It is possible to circumvent this method of doing business by the delivery. man accepting cash from each buyer for his de liveries. He then destroys the original record showing the amount of goods sold, cost thereof and to whom sold and converts the cash for-his own use. It is very often difficult for the seller to keep an'accurate check so as to be sure that the, entire amount of money received by the delivery man is turned over to him, and sometimes the delivery man withholds many hundreds of dollars each month and destroys the original sales check as a part of his scheme to retain the money forhis own use which he receives in selling his employers goods.

It is also possible in dining cars of railroad trains and inrestaurants and clubs for the waiter" who serves the customer to destroy the bill of sale and retain the entire amount paid for the goods or services which have been purchased by the customer. I I

The device of the present invention makesit impossible. for such employees to defraud l the seller because there is a record kept in the machine which is locked upon which record each sale will be shown.

Referring to the drawings A indicates the regis-v ter as a whole. size and comparatively'fiat, includes a top I having a rear end 2 and a forward end 3 which are downturned together with the side edges 4 and 5, which will be seen in Figures 3 and 4, also downturned.

Along the side edge 4 is a hinge 6 which hinges the top to the body portion 1 having a base 8.

The top is provided with a window 9 which, as

seen in Figure 1, does not extend as far as thesideedges 4 and 5. Permanently affixed to the baseand sidewalls of the body portion is a substantially vertical wall In having a rearwardly and downwardly inclined portion l. I, a U -'shaped portion} 2 which is extended beneath the window 9 to -fornfi, a table l3 forming a surface for the paper when;

written upon. The top portion which terminates The register which is of small in the upper edge of the body portion is offset at Hi. All around this upper edge for receiving the downturned ends are sides 2, 3, 3 and 5 of the top I.

Extending downwardly from one side edge of the table is a flap or tongue l5 having a locking aperture l6 which is adapted to be engaged by a suitable lock H. This lock ordinarily will be operated by a, key, not shown, but it will be understoodthat it may consist of a combination lock. A spindle f8 having a slot for winding the record sheet may be rotated by the knurled wheel l9 located outside of the register. A pawl and ratchet, not shown, may be provided-to prevent retrograde movement of the wheel I 9. The forward compartment of the body:portion'.'is';de fined by the wal1 20 having uppernos-e 20a which separates the original from the carbon sheet and carbon papers which may be inclined asxs emin Figure 4 and between this wall and the front space. 2 l Iof-thel body portion islocated the .spindle lfl. In -space 2l .for feedin the sheets of papers-in :aligmnentitherecis provided a shaft 2 2 having pin:- -Whee1s .2 3 mounted on the opposite endathereof.

lThe z-shapedlpad l l is provided with an upperlforward edge 25. Thepaper is interleaved to ;-provideian eoriginal upper sheet 23 forming theeoriginal, whichQsheetli-s wound within the compartment]Lonspindle 18. There is an intermediate sheet ,of carbonlpaper' 21 and .a .carboncopy paper-asindicated at 2 8.

.IIt .vfill be understood that these sheets, or at leastlsheets'l Sandi 28v willLbe-provided on their sideledges with, suitableperforations ,for engagemeiitv of thelpi-n wheels")? 3 irrorder. that the lines onlthese sheets may belkept in superposed relationshipx as thesheets are fed .onto. the table I 3.

'Iniplacelofloriginal'sheet 26 .an'dcarbonsheet 2'! there maylbeemployedsalsingle sheet29 as seen iIiTFigureiajthis flsheetbeingl provided with a plurantygor aperturesiiioifor the. pin-wheels 23 and contains. a carbonized .urider. surf-ace 3|. When usinglthelcons'truction shown ,in Figure 5, the sheet'fn;isied'fforward with the sheet'ZB and after'th'bill'has'been made out the handle [9 is operated to feed thesheettowind the sheet 29 aroundthe' spindle ".18 and to fee th carbon sheetj28'jioutthrou'gh the slot32. "It will be understoodthatrwhen thecarbon'sheet comprises a separate sheet as indicated at. 2'I,.both sheets 21 and 28 wil1be"sent through the slot 32. The slot 32 is provided with a tear-off blade 33.

TFr'o'mf'the'; foregoing description it will be appreciatewthatwhena sale is made, the salesman byr0'tati1f1g the-knob "l'flitini a clockwis directionfe'ed-s the'manifo'lded paper across the table l3 until afresh blank provided .as indi- 'catd inFigureil. Thesellersname; the amount oilgoods soldandpr'iceare usually written down on thespecifiedportion of the strip-after which the: strip is fed" forward'by' rotating the knob I 9 inl. aTfclockwi-sefdirectionuntil. a newportion or bill'blank is exposed. During this time the original is wound on the shaft! 8 and the. carbon sheet aridicarbonpa perlare fed downwardly and. are torn off by the blade 33.

""W-henan' additional sale is made the operation is repeated.

Aththe? end *of a da'ysrunyor the. completion ofthe series of'sellingoperations thep'ocket registcr isiturned 'over'to theselleror his representativeyiwhofproduces a key and'unlocks the register. Each separatesale'will be found on the record sheet which has been wound-on thespindle 4 l3 and these may be kept with the cash which has been turned over to the owner or his representative by the seller following the series of sales which have been made.

I claim:

1. An autographi-c register having in combination a body portion having a compartment for storing manifolded paper, a top, means for hinging said top to said body, said top having a window, a plurality of partitions insaid :body portion, one of said partitions including a'vertical wall attached to said body portion, said wall having a rearward extension, a U-shaped portion iandsalcontinuation of said U-shaped portion,

said continuation forming a platen and locking rmeanst'forf feeding said manifolded paper across lsaid top lanother ofsaid partitions including a wall extendin substantially transversely across said "body portion, said wall having a nose for separating the original sheet from a carbon sheet of-saidmanifolded sheets, said body portion havinga-basa-zsaid hasehav-ing a tear-off blade.

1 2. Apocket autographic-register comprising. an obstructed surfaced-article including a body portion having sides with one of saidsides havinga circular indentation for the reception of a knurled operating handle, a top hinged to said body portion andhaving a window therein, a combined tabletop, partition wall and paper guide comprising a singlesheet of metal having a wall extending at right angles to said table top,--said paper guide extendingbeneath said table .top and having a-U-shaped portionconnesting said paper guide to said table top, aco-mpartment for a record sheetas it is fed over said tablev located on the opposite side of said table from sai-drU-shapedportion, and means for feeding paper from 9, paper. pack located in said. body portion. adjacent-said partition wall .acrosssaid tabletop including feeding means in said-compartment, and a knurled knob in said circular indentation operatively connected to said-feeding means.

3. An autographic register having in combinai-ion. a body portion: having a plurality of compartments,v one of. said compartments being for storing a plurality of worksheet strips, .means dividing said one compartment from another compartment, said dividing means comprising a wall having an extending portion for guiding said strips .from said one compartment, and a continuation of. said extending portion, said continuation forming a platen, means for moving said strips overlsaid platenand means in .said other compartment for aligning said strips as they are moved, a third compartment, said platen extending over substantial portions of said one and said other compartment and means adjacent said aligning means for separatingthe sheets of each strip whereby at least one of said separated sheets enters said other compartment and another of said separated sheets enters a third compartment.

4. An autographic register having in combination a body portion having a .plurality, of compartments, one of said compartments being for storing a plurality of work sheet strips; means dividing said one compartment from another compartment, said dividing means'comprising a wall having an extending portion for guiding said moved, said platen extending over substantial portions of said one and said other compartment and means adjacent said aligning means for separating the sheets of each strip whereby at least one of said separated sheets enters said other compartment and another of said separated sheets enters a third compartment, said other compartment having a slot and said third compartment having means about which said other of said separated sheets are rolled.

5. An autographic register having in combination a body portion having a compartment for storing manifolded paper, a top having a window, a plurality of partitions in said body portion, one of said partitions including a substantially vertical wall attached to said body portion, said wall having a rearward extension, a substantially U- shaped portion and a continuation of said U- shaped portion, said continuation forming a platen, means for feeding said paper across said top, and another of said partitions including a wall having a nose for separating the original from a carbon sheet of said manifolded paper.

6. A tamper-proof autographic register having in combination a housing provided with a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments being for storing a plurality of work sheet strips, each strip comprising an original sheet and duplicate sheet with carbon therebetween, a second of said compartments having an opening therein through which one of said sheets may pass to the exterior of the housing, a platen extending in said one and second compartments, means for feeding said strips from said one compartment over said platen, and means for separating said strips after travel over said platen whereby the other of said sheets is directed to a third compartment and said one sheet is directed towards said second compartment, said third compartment having means for storing said other sheet, said separating means and said feeding means coacting to prevent tampering of said other sheet and to permit entry of the one sheet in said second compartment whereby upon further operation of said feeding means, it is discharged through said opening.

7. A tamper-proof autographic register having in combination a housing provided with a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments being for storing a plurality of work sheet strips, each strip comprising an original and duplicate with carbon therebetween, a second of said compartments having an opening therein through which the duplicate may pass to the exterior of the housing, a platen extending in said one and second compartments, means for feeding said strips from said one compartment over said platen, and means for separating said strips after travel over said platen whereby the original is directed to a third compartment and said duplicate is directed towards said second compartment, said third compartment having means for storing said original, said separating means and said feeding means coacting to prevent tampering of said original sheet and to permit entry of the duplicate in said second compartment whereby upon further operation of said feeding means, it is discharged through said opening, said second compartment having a tear-off blade at said opening and said means for separating said strips comprising a partition dividing said second and third compartments, said partition having a nose portion for engaging said strips.

8. A tamper-proof autographic register having in combination a housing provided with a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments being for storing a plurality of work sheet strips, each strip comprising an original and duplicate with carbon therebetween, a second of said compartments having an opening therein through which the duplicate may pass to the exterior of the housing, a platen extending in said one and second compartments, means for feeding said strips from said one compartment over said platen, and means for separating said strips after travel over said platen whereby the original is directed to a third compartment and said duplicats is directed towards said second compartment, said third compartment having means for storing said original, said separating means and said feeding means coacting to prevent tampering of said original sheet and to permit entry of the duplicate in said second compartment whereby upon further operation of said feeding means, it is discharged through said opening, said platen having an extension in said one compartment forming a combined guide for said strips and partition for dividing said first and second compartments.

MIGIEL JOHN ULINE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,529,422 Dravo Mar. 10, 1925 2,072,134 Sherman Mar. 2, 1937 2,112,671 Jensen Mar. 29, 1938 2,149,006 Borchers Feb. 28, 1939 2,204,220 Katz et a1. June 11, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 395,710 Germany May 23, 1924 134,427 Austria Aug. 10, 1933 817,861 France May 31, 1937 

